May 19, 2022 Aurora College receives $475,000 NSERC PromoScience funding for outreach INUVIK, NT –Aurora College’s research division, the Aurora Research Institute (ARI), will be able to continue and expand its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) outreach programming to students, teachers and communities across the Northwest Territories thanks to a new $475,000 grant. The…
Read MoreThis summer, Aurora College’s School of Trades, Apprenticeships and Industrial Training will be bringing its incredibly popular Introduction to Heavy Equipment Operator program to Kátł’odeeche First Nation. The course dates are June 27 through August 9, 2022. This in-community delivery of the Introduction to Heavy Equipment Operator Program will utilize a six day per week,…
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YELLOWKNIFE, NT – During National Nursing Week, May 9-15, 2022, Aurora College is celebrating and recognizing our nursing students, faculty, graduates, community partners and all nursing professionals who have worked diligently to provide high quality care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The College’s current and recent graduates are entering their careers in unprecedented times. During…
Read MoreFrom gov.nt.ca Yellowknife — April 1, 2022 Minister R.J. Simpson today announced that Dr. Glenda Vardy Dell will be appointed president of Aurora College, effective April 4, 2022. Dr. Vardy Dell has been with Aurora College since 2019 and has served in the roles of senior advisor to the president/interim director of the Center for Teaching…
Read MoreApril 1, 2022 MEDIA STATEMENT Aurora College Administrator, Denny Rodgers, released the following statement today. “Aurora College President, Andy Bevan had advised me of his intention to retire earlier this year and today the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment announced his successor, Dr. Glenda Vardy Dell. “I wish Andy and his family the very…
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As of April 1, 2022, the NWT COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will end, which will result in the lifting of all public health orders made in relation to it. However, in order to ensure the health and safety of the Aurora College community and residents of the NWT, Aurora College will continue follow our current…
Read MoreBased on the most recent public health directions from the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer and the GNWT, Aurora College will not be implementing the planned COVID-19 Student and Volunteer Vaccination Policy. We will also no longer be implementing the GNWT employee and contractor COVID-19 Vaccination policy, as of March 1 2022. As…
Read MoreAurora College is pleased that we will be resuming face-to-face classes in on Monday, February 21, 2022. All classes that are ordinarily face-to-face will return to that format as of February 21, 2022. The health, safety and wellbeing of students, employees and communities is our top priority. At the present time, masking is mandatory while…
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2022 The Xàgots’eèhk’ǫ̀ journal is a collaborative project by Aurora College, Hotıı̀ ts’eeda, and Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. This journal is a space for Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and artists to strengthen and share the Northern Peoples’ relationship to land, language, culture, and ways of life through exchanging stories, research, philosophy,…
Read MoreBased on the current public health information regarding COVID-19, Aurora College is planning to extend online learning for most programs until Friday, February 18 and resume all face-to-face programming at campuses and Community Learning Centres by Monday, February 21. While online learning will be extended, we will be gradually transitioning students and programs back into…
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